01:830:364 Midterm: midterm 2
7 Feb 2017
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The mental perception of some fact excites the mental affection called the emotion, and that this latter state of mind gives rise to the bodily expression. (william james) Willia(cid:373) ja(cid:373)es" two chains of emotion: stimulus feeling response, stimulus response feeling. Different emotions have different responses so the feedback to the brain will. Emergency reaction, flight or fight (walter cannon) vary: ans responses are too slow to account for feelings we"re already feeli(cid:374)g the e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) before the response even occurs. Passions and reasons: where do feelings come from? (schachter and singer) Physiological responses in emotion inform our brain that a state of heightened arousal exists. We label these states depending on the physical and social contexts. Emotions depend on the cognitive interpretation of certain situations. Mental assessment of the potential harm or benefit of a situation. Emotion is the felt tendency toward anything appraised as good or away from anything appraised as bad.
